"The 1980's are calling to ask for their foreign policy back."

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    The Ukrainians seemed to have rectified that particular oversight.

    https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1630676804888326146?s=20

    As one commentator asked, "How long can Ukraine continue to suffer the loss of anti-tank mines and continue fighting?"
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    This also the guy FF thinks is right when it comes to telling us that it's not Chinese spy balloons we're seeing, but space aliens!

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    Reports that Russia is benefiting from a "shadow fleet" allowing it to continue to trade its oil globally:

    https://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/01/business/russia-oil-shadow-fleet/index.html
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    I remember watching a thing on inflatable tank decoys used by the US military that had portable generators. The only reason they had the generator there was so that it could provide heat to fool IR sensors.
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    For what it's worth, Musk did revive this recently by having Starlink access restricted as the Ukrainians were using it for flying drones and other military activities, whereas he wants it solely used for comms and internet.
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    Chechen warlord, top Putin ally, who had urged Russia to nuke Ukraine seems to be suffering from kidney failure. Most likely from poisoning. He's still with us - so far.
    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...dyrov-seriously-ill-from-suspected-poisoning/

    And that brought to mind it's a shame that no one ever got to Putin. But then it occurred to me with all the pretty evident indications that Putin himself is undergoing severe health issues, we might be wrong in assuming they haven't.
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    Hmmm…
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    UK almost silently doubled the amount of Challenger 2 which it intends to deliver to Ukraine. Now, instead of 14 no less than 28 will be transferred.

    Furthermore, the Ukrainian personnel to be trained will be more than doubled.

    Source: ukrinform.ua/rubric-ato/367…

    #Ukraine #UK​

    https://twitter.com/tendar/status/1632068634444181505

    Good on the UK! :yes:
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    Yep. Seen ‘em in person. :yes:
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    What technological superiority? It turns out most of their fearsome next gen tech is only for show. The T-14 Armata for example was produced in so few numbers to be virtually meaningless, and on top of that one of the units that was to recieve them complained that they were falling apart. The Russian fighter jets don't even have military grade GPS, their communications aren't encrypted.

    They do brute force, big explosions well. Everything past that is completely beyond them. Hell, when the Moskva went down it was largely because the flagship of their fleet was barely functional.
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